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Vic Chesnutt, a folk singer discovered by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, recorded a very loose cover of the song for the 1992 R.E.M. tribute album Surprise Your Pig. Newfoundland folk-rockers Great Big Sea covered the song on their 1997 album Play under the title "End of the World".
Featuring phrases such as "Everybody knows that the dice are loaded" and "Everybody knows that the good guys lost", "Everybody Knows" has been variously described by critics as "bitterly pessimistic" yet funny, or, more strongly, a "bleak prophecy about the end of the world as we know it". [1] The lyrics include references to AIDS, [2] social ...
Background. "The End of the World" is a sad song about the aftermath of a romantic breakup. Dee, the lyricist, said she drew on her sorrow from her father's death to set the mood for the song. Davis recorded her version with sound engineer Bill Porter on June 8, 1962, at the RCA Studios in Nashville, produced by Chet Atkins, and featuring Floyd ...
One of the song's phrases, "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it", actually originated with "Star Trekkin ' " but has been subsequently misattributed to the TV series. "Star Trekkin'" was released as a single in May 1987. The song's promotional video was created by a team of art students called The Film Garage, featuring a combination of ...
Subterranean Homesick Blues. " Subterranean Homesick Blues " is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 14, 1965, and released as a single by Columbia Records, catalogue number 43242, on March 8. [ 5] It is the first track on the album Bringing It All Back Home, released some two weeks later. [ 6] It was Dylan's first Top 40 hit in the United ...
The Clear Channel memorandum contains songs that, in their titles or lyrics, vaguely refer to open subjects intertwined with the September 11 attacks, such as airplanes, collisions, death, conflict, violence, explosions, the month of September, and New York City, as well as general concepts that could be connected to aspects of the attacks, such as the sky falling, and weapons.
The World Turned Upside Down. 1646 publication of the ballad with a woodcut frontispiece. " The World Turned Upside Down " is an English ballad. It was first published on a broadside in the middle of the 1640s as a protest against the policies of Parliament relating to the celebration of Christmas. [ 1]
All three songs eventually became singles and were released with remixes, except for the third and last track "Transcend"; a vocal version of the song, entitled "Bring You to Life (Transcend)", featuring vocals by RAS, was released instead. Its title is a reference to the 1987 R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)."